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Monday, November 14, 2016

Shinran on One Mind

Shinran Shonin 親鸞 (1173 – 1263): A deep mind

Singlemindedness is deep mind. Deep mind is deep faith. Deep
faith is steadfast deep faith. Steadfast deep faith is decisive mind. Decisive
mind is supreme mind. Supreme mind is true faith. True faith is enduring mind.
Enduring mind is sincere mind. Sincere mind is mindfulness. Mindfulness is the
true One Mind. The true One Mind is great joy. Great joy is the true entrusting
heart. The true entrusting heart is adamantine faith. Adamantine faith is the
aspiration for Buddhahood. The aspiration for Buddhahood is the desire to save
sentient beings. The desire to save sentient beings is the desire to embrace
sentient beings and bring them to the Pure Land of Peace and Bliss. This desire
is the great bodhi-mind. This mind is the great compassion, for it arises from
the wisdom of infinite light. The oceanlike vow is without discrimination;
hence, aspiration for bodhi is without discrimination. Since aspiration for bodhi
is without discrimination, the wisdom of the path is also without
discrimination. Since the wisdom of the path is without discrimination, great
compassion is without discrimination. Great compassion is the right cause of Buddha’s
enlightenment.